I finished the book I wrote about in my previous post, "Joy for Beginners," and it is truly one of the best books I have ever read. I invoked so many emotions in me. The strength and redemption in ths book is empowering.
Near the middle of the book, Marion, a wise motherly figure tells Hadley, the woman in the midst of grieving her husband's death, 'You can be broken or broken open, the choice is yours.'
Marion is so kind the way she accepts Hadley's brokenness...she tells her that is okay if she doesn't feel ready to acknowledge or encounter peices of her past, 'When did you think you would be?' Did you think you would ever be really ready? "You can be broken or broken open, the choice is yours.'
And it is your choice to make. Sometimes I feel amidst my brokenness that I don't have a choice. If I am broken, I have to be broken open with others. I have to be vulnerable, I have to share those pieces that are broken inside of me.
And sometimes those broken pieces flow out of me. This is what other people see. I often wish other people didn't see so much.
It is a not a bad thing that other people see my brokenness, this makes me more human. I don't need to shame myself for my human(ness). To never show my brokenness would be a mistake...but the choice gives me freedom. And I can choose to be broken or broken open.
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